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Falco, Murdoch hit out over neo-Nazis

Univision boss Randy Falco has joined TV moguls including 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch in condemning neo-Nazis in the wake of president Donald Trump’s response to the violence in the US town of Charlottesville.

Randy Falco

Falco said the events earlier this month “did not happen in a bubble but are endemic of a broader disease of anti-immigrant, racist, homophobic and religious intolerance that is spreading and threatening to divide our country.”

A woman was killed in the Virginia town as she protested against neo-Nazis and white supremacists, who were marching against the removal of a statue of a Confederate general.

Falco called on “leaders from corporate America” to “protect the communities we serve” to stop the “current insanity,” because “so many leaders in our nation’s capital are failing to speak out forcefully and clearly against the spreading hate and bigotry.”

He added that he would speak up against the “hateful and grossly inaccurate portrayal of immigrants as criminals, terrorists and ‘bad people'” and the “abject failure to clearly and forcefully denounce the actions of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and others who espouse racist and hateful views.”

James Murdoch

Falco also promised to defend LGBT communities and attacks on the media, “which are surely meant to weaken accountability and safeguards that are absolutely critical to protecting American freedoms.”

The Univision chief and former NBC stalwart has clashed with Trump on several occasions in recent years and axed the US Hispanic broadcaster’s planned airing of the Miss USA pageant after the former Apprentice host said Mexican immigrants were “rapists.”

Murdoch, in a personal email, said Trump’s response to the Charlottesville attaches “concern all of us.” He added: “I can’t even believe I have to write this: standing up to Nazis is essential; there are no good Nazis. Or Klansmen, or terrorists.”

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, was amongst numerous corporate leaders to distance themselves from Trump after the president said there were some “very fine people” alongside the neo-Nazis in the Charlottesville march.

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